Sudan 1948 New Arabic 20p pale blue and deep blue, SG110a

Sudan 1948 New Arabic 20p pale blue and deep blue, SG110aSudan 1948 New Arabic 20p pale blue and deep blue, chalk surfaced paper, perforations 13, SG110a. A superb unmounted mint example with full original gum. Particularly attractive example of this famous stamp issue in this colour shade. The Camel Postman stamps of Sudan are considered by the famous printers De La Rue as the most satisfactory in their long history of stamp production and effectively became the countrys symbolic emblem. ALERT ME WHEN

a lituus and a simpulum above

A fine used example with a particularly attractive circular date stamp

Shows upper right stamp variety Malformed "S"

upper left corner plate number '1' block of 4

showing variety 'Extra flagstaff' on R9/1

Great Britain 1924 1½d Red-brown (Watermark Block Cypher)

Two items connected with Gretna Green – a popular site for runaway couples for 'Anvil Weddings'

Used during the iconic Fort Knox sequence

along with his show-stopping encore of 'My Way'

and he was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena where he died in 1821

6d corner marginal with plate number '1'

cross in circle above quartered shield of arms in treasure of eight arcs